Prehistoric Native Americans and Ecological Change: Human Ecosystems in Eastern North America Since the Pleistocene (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521662703)

There has long been controversy between ecologists and archaeologists over the role of prehistoric Native Americans as agents of ecological change. Using ecological and archaeological data from the woodlands of eastern North America, Paul and Hazel Delcourt show that Holocene human ecosystems are complex adaptive systems in which humans have interacted with the environment on a series of spatial and time scales. Their work therefore has important implications for the conservation of biological diversity and for ecological restoration today, making it of great interest to ecologists and archaeologists alike.

Author: Paul A. Delcourt, Hazel R. Delcourt, Delcourt Paul a.
ISBN-10: 0521662702
ISBN-13: 9780521662703
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2004
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2005 pg. 1634